Folly to Be Wise

1h 31m
Comedy
6.7

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.

Cast

Alastair Sim
Capt. William Paris
Elizabeth Allan
Angela Prout
Roland Culver
George Prout
George Cole
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Colin Gordon
Professor Mutch
Martita Hunt
Lady Dodd
Janet Brown
Jessie
Peter Martyn
Walter
Miles Malleson
Dr. Hector McAdam
Edward Chapman
Joseph Byres M.P.
Cyril Chamberlain
Drill Sergeant
Michael Ripper
Drill Corporal
Robin Bailey
Intellectual Corporal
Michael Kelly
Staff Sergeant
Patrick Westwood
Soldier in Pub

Crew

Frank Launder
Director, Screenplay, Producer
John Dighton
Screenplay
Thelma Connell
Editor
Jack Hildyard
Director of Photography
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
John Cox
Sound Supervisor
James Bridie
Original Story

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